a keeper

hand dyed mohair, I bought at a fiber show, and boy, do I wish I had bought more! grrr w/Colinette Isis in 'blue parrot' colorway.. moss stitch shawl, which, if I hurry up I can wear, now that it's cold!!

a little halloween

A sampler quilt I did for fall/halloween/autumn..I love combining piecing and applique in one quilt..my designs, and about 50" x 65", lap size..

middle: a japanese bowl I love, if I did ceramics, I'd want to do this type.. Hey M.K. recognize that blue table runner? Thanks again!

energy

I'm in high creative mode right now, which I am grateful for. The yarn, paint and fabric are flowing like a river. Unfortunately, I can not find the *&$#@ camera for some w-i-p pictures! I'll find it grrr... anyway, here are few shots I had uploaded recently, top is a color pencil drawing about 18 x 18", it's framed under glass, so it's tricky to take a picture of it..

Middle is a mixed media piece, mainly fabric, beads and acrylic paint on canvas, about 18 x 24", it's a series about Lot's wife.

And the last is the yarn explosion going on around here... :-) I see you Noro!

peter

The craft fair went well, I'm amazed at how creative people are with ordinary objects. I love the whole found/recycle idea people have. Making something creative and artistic out of stuff people discard. Bottles, cans, etc.. really amazing. Is there a separate category for these people? Green crafters, or such?

Anyway, here's some detail of a piece from a mixed media series I'm doing on the apostles. This is part of Peter, he who was a fisherman, who became a fisher of men! Mounted on canvas, it's fabric, netting, beads and paint... 24"x24"

ready

We went from 85 to like 65 today, finally! This is starting a pretty busy time around here, I am in some craft shows, which I enjoy, so I'm taking a small break to post some bad pictures, sorry! Anyway, I always look forward to being at these events, but the prep is tiring. Hope you have a lovely weekend..

Some knitted goodies, scarves and shawls, and a few small quilts waiting to be tagged..

full moon night

Enjoying a balmy night, cricket song, quiet

early fall

The last hot gasp of summer, fall is here at last..

quilt

A quilt I started at a handwork reatreat way back when. All hand stitched, quilted and appliqued..a touch of embroidery work too.

fall seeds + sketch

I love pods, seeds, berries and rose hips kind of things. The garden is in never ending shedding season right now, squirrels are frantic, and the cricket song is quite urgent, cool weather is almost upon us. I can't step out with out some leave, or seed underfoot, all just waiting for that right environment to take root.

Also a sketch in ink and watercolor from my sketchbook..

a child's eye view

Finished quilt hand and machine stitched, 24" x 24". Much pleasure in doing this one, I love the idea of "drawing" w/the free motion on the machine. I plan to do more of that.

rain + yarn

Finally finished something! This is a scarf made with Debbie Bliss soho, plus a little crochet edge..in my favorite green

A basket weave stitch that was a little hard to keep up with, considering the variegated yarn..ready for the cold weather!

lots of color

Well, I think I'm going to live..still not 100% but a lot better! Thanks for the well wishes.. I've been sitting and crocheting a bit w/Noro Kureyon, a yarn some love (me) and some hate. It's not the snuggliest yarn, but color- wise, it's the bomb. Some granny action:

Hope you are enjoying the early Fall, where you are.

sick

I am sicker than a dog right now, so all things are on hold. If I've coughed once, I've coughed a million times. As usual, when school starts, the germs get shared. I'll leave you with a nice iris from my garden in the spring. Off to drink tea and watch TMC..

plans

I plan on doing a little this:


and this:

and this:

I hate to procrastinate, but you know a girl has to have plans!! What are yours?

for IF

'judas tree' for the islands theme....oil on canvas 20" x 20"

eye candy

This basket of indigo cloth, I've had for many years, I just can't bring myself to cut it up, but maybe soon it will happen. Until then, I'm happy to just finger it and look at it.

While sitting outside, this little gem fluttered down and landed nearby. A bit gruesome, but such a pretty thing, isn't it?

more wip's

These are definitely not done, but I have been lax in taking pictures of the art, so here are a few. The top is "Ester" 20"x20", oil on canvas. The bottom is "Judas Tree" and it's 20" x20" oil on canvas.

It is interesting, to try and convey an image of a person, Judas Isacariot, for example and not paint a figurative painting. I'm thinking this may turn into a series on him... will definitely be posting more on these and other wip's soon..

ps. a big thanks to Charlotte at fancypicnic,

for the nice award! I'll pass it on soon!

I pick neki, abagail, lauren, and fourborne, extremely talented and fun blogs...

small stitches

Just working on some smaller pieces, since lesson/sports season is upon us. These highly portable, free-form layered appliques are just that, take-along things I keep in bags, ready to grab as I head out. I am trying to go with what is in the sketch book, and it occurs to me I haven't posted any sketches or paintings in a while, I'll remedy that soon...

flooring it

Well, it seems I have about a dozen things going at once.. do you do that? Have a bunch of stuff going, and then bam, I get so I have to FINISH something! Don't get me wrong, I love the process, as much as the next, but I do like to have a completion, somewhere. I'm not proud, nor exclusive, either, I like hand sewing, machine sewing, and all the rest in between.

This is a long, shroud-like piece that is done, and is supposed to be a self-portrait of sorts. I got my machine back from the service center, and decided to stitch small, 2" to 3" or so, free-motioning, consisting of ideas of what I like, and what I see in front of me. Much hand stitching and embelishing followed, as well..

I then cut them all apart and appliqued them, grid-like to the banner, which is 7' long! An extremely fun and satisfying project.. more pix soon..

velvet wip

I have some fabric that is so beautiful that I don't quite know what to do with it. This is dark burgundy (the pic is a little dark, sorry) silk velvet, about 1 1/2 yards. I've cut it length-wise and started to embroider and embellish the ends.
I like the thought of making fussy fabrics, ie., tulle, velvet, damask, into humbler things, bags, pillows etc.. even household items.
I'm beading, couching and appliqueing some torn fabric strips (batik) in a wave pattern along the edges.. I'm going to line it, but not quite sure with what.

stitching along

A progress shot of the crazy quilting going on.. I use my ironing board for a work space, sometimes, as it's right next to the fabric and machine.. no glamour studio shots here, no way! Mayhem and chaos is the name of the game in my world..